Theunis Potgieter wrote: ... >> There is an object of cChannel for each channel, and they are stored in >> a list. You can either patch VDR to modify cChannel::Name() so that it >> takes the original name as an index into some database of yours, or >> modify the names in your channels.conf and set "Setup/DVB/Update channels" >> to "PIDs only". >> >> Just curious: what's wrong with the original names? > > The long names and the short names are the same. Asking my broadcaster > to fix it would achieve the same results as if you would be talking to > a brick wall :) to prevent patching of vdr how about creating a kind of favorite channel plugin that has its own "namelist" which refers to the unique channel "markers" (like in timers.conf) maybe similar to that http://famillejacques.free.fr/vdr/prefermenu/ beside the fact that you have you chosen name for the channel it reduces the channel list to what you need _______________________________________________ vdr mailing list vdr@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr